Outdoor water-closet.



PATENTED MAY 26. 1908.

A. G. NAVIOKUS.

OUTDOOR WATER CLOSET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1907.

ANTON G. NAVIOKUS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

O UTDOOR WATER-CLOSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Application filed January 2, 1907. Serial No. 350,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON G. NAVIOKUS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Outdoor Water-Closets, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates, generally, to an outdoor water closet and, more particularly, to a detachable trap or valve for the seat of the water closet, which trap or valve is automatically closed when the seat is occupied, thus protecting the uncovered parts of the occupant of the seat from flies and other insects, and wind or drafts of cold air.

My invention consists of the two features of novelty hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

vIn the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a water closet seat with my improved attachment in position thereon. Fig. 2'is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the water closet seat, which is provided with the usual opening, 2. A tube, or cylinder, 3, perfectly constructed of sheet metal is positioned through the opening 2, and integral with the sides and rear portion of the upper end of said tube is a horizontally disposed flange, 4, which rests on top of the seat, 1, around the edge of the opening, 2. Hinged to the front ends of the flange, 4, and positioned in front of the upper end of the cylinder, is a plate, 6, which extends over the front edge of the seat, 1.

The lower end of the cylinder which is formed on an angle, or inclined from the rear toward the front, is adapted to be closed by plate 7, hinged at its front edge to the front lower end of the cylinder 3, and the front of this plate, 7, is extended forward and connected by a hinge, 8, to the lower end of a rod, 9, the upper end of which is connected by a hinge, 10, to the under side of the plate 6. Normally the plate, 7, hangs in a vertical position, with the lower end of the cylinder, 3, open and the plate, 6, elevated as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the seat is occupied, the plate, 6, is swung downwardly to the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 2, which action swings the plate, 7, upward against the inclined lower end of the cylinder, 3, thus tightly closing the same. Thus the uncovered parts of the occupant of the seat are protected from insects, or drafts of cold air, and when the occupant arises the plate, 7, automatically swings open and permits the contents of the cylinder to discharge. If desired, the top of the flange, 4, and plate, 6, may be covered with cloth, or a thin veneer of wood.

I claim A device of the class described comprising a cylinder adapted to occupy the opening in a water closet seat, a flange integral with the top of said cylinder, and which flange rests on top of the water closet seat a seat plate hinged to the flange at the front side ofthe cylinder; a plate hinged to the lower end of the cylinder and adapted to close said lower end, and which last mentioned plate is normally swung open, and a vertically disposed rod hinged at its ends to the two plates.

ANTON G. NAVIOKUS. Witnesses:

JOSEPH MESSIROFF, AARON SILVERBERG. 

